Dictionary

buoyancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
2. (countable, uncountable) The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Resilience or cheerfulness.
   • With how much lighter a step, with how much brighter an eye, did Francesca wander through the forest, even in the last desolation of autumn, than she did in all the bloom and buoyancy of spring! 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 82:

Forms

Deriveds

buoyancy aid · overbuoyancy · reserve buoyancy · buoyancy tank · centre of buoyancy · unbuoyancy · center of buoyancy

Relateds

buoy up · buoyant · buoy · Archimedes' principle

Translations (83)

ar طَفْو (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · mk пловност (ability to stay afloat) · it forza ascensionale (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · nl drijfvermogen (ability to stay afloat) · da opdrift (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · hi उत्प्लावन (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ru плаву́честь (ability to stay afloat) · es sustentación fluídica (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · nb flyteevne (ability to stay afloat) · nl opwaartse kracht (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · th แรงลอยตัว (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ja 浮力 (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · es empuje hacia arriba (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · io flotacemeso (ability to stay afloat) · ga buacacht (ability to stay afloat) · el πλευστότητα (ability to stay afloat) · tr kaldırma kuvveti (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · it spinta statica (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ja 回復 (resilience or cheerfulness) · sv lyftkraft (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · fi palautuvuus (resilience or cheerfulness) · ru жизнера́достность (resilience or cheerfulness) · sv flytförmåga (ability to stay afloat) · el άνωση (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · pl wypór (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ru выта́лкивающая си́ла (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · it vivacità (resilience or cheerfulness) · de Heiterkeit (resilience or cheerfulness) · it ottimismo (resilience or cheerfulness) · es sustentación hidráulica (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · tr batmazlık (ability to stay afloat) · ja 快活 (resilience or cheerfulness) · it spinta idrostatica (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ga buacacht (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · nl drijfvermogen (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ru позити́вный настро́й (resilience or cheerfulness) · fr flottabilité (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · la antosa (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · fi kelluvuus (ability to stay afloat) · es optimismo (resilience or cheerfulness) · es flotabilidad (ability to stay afloat) · de Fröhlichkeit (resilience or cheerfulness) · mk пловност (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · it galleggiabilità (ability to stay afloat) · ka ამწევი ძალა (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ru подъёмная си́ла (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · fi noste (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · mi pūrewatanga (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · cy hynofedd (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · af dryfvermoë (ability to stay afloat) · nl hilariteit (resilience or cheerfulness) · pt empuxo (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · de Schwimmfähigkeit (ability to stay afloat) · af dryfvermoë (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · uk пла́вність (ability to stay afloat) · la buoyancia (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · de Auftrieb (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · nl vrolijkheid (resilience or cheerfulness) · es sustentamiento hidrodinámica (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · fr poussée d'Archimède (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · sh plovnost (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · es impulso para arriba (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · gv so-lhoobaght (resilience or cheerfulness) · nn oppdrift (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ar طُفُوّ (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · fi hilpeys (resilience or cheerfulness) · el ανάταση (resilience or cheerfulness) · ka ამომგდები ძალა (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · bg плаваемост (ability to stay afloat) · nb oppdrift (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · bg плаваемост (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · el άντωση (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · cs vztlak (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · la anosa (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · cmn 浮力 (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · hi उत्प्लावकता (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · hu felhajtóerő (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · pt impulsão (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · de Belastbarkeit (resilience or cheerfulness) · pl siła wyporu (physics: upward force on an immersed body) · ka ტივტივადობა (ability to stay afloat) · ru оптими́зм (resilience or cheerfulness) · it spinta (physics: upward force on an immersed body)